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POCKET MATCH-SAFE.

CHARLES E. FOWLER, OF CARMEL, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 59,830, dilated November 20, 1866.

SPECIFICATION.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. FOWLER, of Carmel, Putnam county, and State of New York, have invented a. new and useful improvement in Pocket Match-Safe; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same. reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved match-safe partly opened.

Figure 2 is a cross-section of the same when closed.

Figure 3 is a cross-section of the same opened.

'Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a match-safe so constructed that it may be readily opened and the matches removed therefrom; and that, when closed, the part upon which the matches are rubbed to ignite them may be covered to prevent the clothing from being impregnated with the odors developed by igniting the matches.

And it consists in an improved pocket match-safe so constructed thatthe lid may close over boththe opening through which the matches are put into and taken out of the safe, and also the roughened part of the box upon which the matches are rubbed to ignite them.

The box, A, is made in the form of a flattened cylinder, as shown in the drawings. The ends, a, of the cylinder or box are closed, and the matches are put in and taken out through a slit or opening in the side. The lid, a, is hinged to one edge of this opening, as shown in the drawings. Thislid is made of such a form as to shut down closely over one side of the box, covering the opening and thevroughened part, a of the box upon which the matches are rubbed to ignite them. The lid, a shuts'down over the edge of the box opposite to that to which it is'hinged, and it is kept closed by its own spring or elasticity. The part a of the box is roughened, as shown. in figs. 1 and 3, so that by drawing the match along said part it may be ignited. By opening the lid and turning the box a little the matches will roll-out into the said lid, from which they can be conveniently removed; and by again closing the lid the matches will be rolled back into the-body of the box without its being necessary to touch them with the hands. v

By this construction, the roughened part, w", of the box, upon which the matches are rubbed to ignite them, is covered with the lid so that the odors of the matches cannot escape therefrom to impregnate the clothes of the person carrying the match-safe in his pocket.

I glaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent An improved match-safe, A, so constructed that the lid, a, may close down over the opening and over the roughened part, a, of the box, being kept closed by its own spring or elasticity, substantially as herein described and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 13th day of June, 1866.

. CHARLES E. FOWLER.

' Witnesses:

WM. F. MGNAMARA, JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

